#E0B251#E0B251

#E0B251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.126 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0B251
RGB	rgb(224, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 6.32, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 54.98, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0141 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.126 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1487, 48.2853, 14.5670)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0B251 #517FE0

analogous

#E06A51 #E0B251 #C7E051

triadic

#E0B251 #51E0B2 #B251E0

tetradic

#E0B251 #51E06A #517FE0 #E051C7

square

#E0B251 #51E06A #517FE0 #E051C7

split-complementary

#E0B251 #51C7E0 #6A51E0

monochromatic

#9B721C #CF9825 #E0B251 #E9C985 #F3E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E0B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E0B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0B251

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0B251	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.126 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc885',
    500: '#e0b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0b251;
$custom-light: #edc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0B251

secondary

#ABBDE2

accent

#74ED3B

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0B251

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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